Monday, June 29, 2009

Remember me? I was top dog in the Dodger dugout four years ago, but Paul DePo basically gave me the heave-ho. I know he's history, but that whole situation still chaps my buns. Managing the Pirates was no cakewalk either, but now I'm back in the NL West, baby! And we're hotter than Satan's BBQ. We've won 20 of our last 23. You've lost four of your last five. Mo's on our side! Oh, and we miss Manny by one day. Jim Tracy's revenge on the Dodgers was a long time coming, but it'll be sweet. Enjoy eating our oysters!

Jim Tracy can thank, primarily, two guys for this team's success. Brad Hawpe, who is better than Matt Holliday despite the hype and the reconstituted corpse of Todd Helton who seems to have remembered back when he was one of the best players in baseball.

fanerman - We should leave aside the sabermetrics, as Torre is way too old school to go with that. Third is the traditional place for the best hitter and makes sense for a guy with Kemp's varied skills.

If you're talking about where Torre should have Kemp hit, it probably should be 2nd or 4th. Who the manager is ought to be irrelevant. If you're talking about where Torre would actually bat Kemp, it's still not going to be 3rd anytime soon, so that's a moot point.

She was fine once she got her breath back. The ball ended up closer than I thought it would. I didn't even try because I thought it was landing a few rows back. It ended upin the row behind us, I think.